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A walk down Columbia's Main Street into the civil rights past

Students from Allen and Benedict colleges march at the corner of Main and Taylor streets, March 3, 1960.
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Student demonstration, Main Street
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The State House and public protest Corner of Main and Gervais Streets (facing the South Carolina State House, the site of various protests and student marches)
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The March 2, 1961 march around the Statehouse in Columbia resulted in at least 187 arrests. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned those arrests and found that the demonstrators had a constitutional right to air their grievances against segregation.
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Demonstrators at the March 2, 1961 march around the Statehouse that culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Edwards v. South Carolina.
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Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement in South Carolina Corner of Main and Washington Streets
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Students from Allen and Benedict colleges sit-in at a downtown Columbia drugstore. Allen student Simon Bouie, center with glasses, was later the focus of a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the city's trespass statute.
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"We keep the fire going" - Student Activism in Columbia's Civil Rights Movement Near Main and Hampton Streets (directly across from the former Woolworth’s department store)
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the integration of public transportation Corner of Main and Washington Streets
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Allen and Benedict students demonstrate against segregation at the Greyhound bus station on Blanding Street, March 3, 1960.
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Student demonstrators and counter-demonstrators on Columbia's Main Street.
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We shall not be moved: South Carolina student activism and the supreme court Middle of the 1500 block of Main Street
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Henrie D. Monteith, who sued to enter the University of South Carolina, arrives at the federal courthouse with her mother and attorneys Matthew J. Perry and Ernest Finney.
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Henrie D. Monteith, who sued to enter the University of South Carolina, greets her aunt, Martha Monteith while her mother, Rebecca Monteith looks on.
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Attorneys Matthew J. Perry, Lincoln C. Jenkins and J. Arthur Brown enter the Richland County courthouse with students arrested during the March 1961 statehouse march. The case, Edwards v. South Carolina, was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and gave marchers the constitutional right to protest on the grounds.
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The Walls Came Tumbling Down - Integration and Racial Dialogue Near Main and Laurel Street (to the left of the main entrance City Hall)
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A sign on a downtown Columbia store.
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Malcolm X visits Columbia The site of the former Nation of Islam mosque, 2217 Waverly Street
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Malcolm X, the controversial Nation of Islam leader speaks at a mosque on Waverly Street in Columbia, April 17, 1963.
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